fimbriation

[ fim-bree-ey-shuh n ]
/ ˌfɪm briˈeɪ ʃən /

noun Botany, Zoology.

fimbriate or fringed condition.
a fringe or fringelike part.

Origin of fimbriation

First recorded in 1860–65, fimbriation is from the Medieval Latin word fimbriātiōn- (stem of fimbriātiō). See fimbriate, -ion

Words nearby fimbriation

filé, fimble, fimbria, fimbria hippocampi, fimbriate, fimbriation, fimbrillate, fimbriocele, fimicolous, fin, fin de siècle